All Company Risk articles – Page 50
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Features
Trouble ahead?
Nick Stanbury looks at the practical implications for company directors of the proposed UK company law changes
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Features
Fewer accidents, higher productivity
Phil Godwin says that engineering risk assessment can help a company achieve fewer accidents, more efficient operations and reduced costs
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Features
New laws, new liabilities
Forthcoming UK legislation will impose new liabilities on directors. In some cases, they will risk not only fines, but imprisonment. William Allison reviews the changes
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Features
Transactions increase vulnerability.
Negotiating mergers, acquisitions and IPOs can leave directors open to claims. Charles Boorman discusses the risks and how to protect yourself against them
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Analysis
Data protection guidelines
Since 23 October, organisations have had to meet new obligations and comply with tighter controls on using the personal information they have collected.
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Features
Government-sponsored litigation
US state and city governments are becoming increasingly formidable, and willing, plaintiffs, says Christopher C. Iliff.
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Railtrack: Governance under Pressure
Lee Coppack discusses whether Railtrack's failure to manage safety risks and maintain shareholder value could have been avoided.
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New markets, different rules
Having a website may mean you can sell widgets to customers in Outer Mongolia - but do you really want to? David Smellie and Paula Lennon outline the dangers and how to avoid them.
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Time to Deliver
Sue Copeman previews this year's Institute of Risk Management annual conference.
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Analysis
Stress claim dismissed
An office manager who brought a claim against her employers for work-related stress has had her case dismissed.
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Analysis
European call for CSR
European commissioners have presented a Green Paper promoting a European framework for corporate social responsibility (CSR).
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Analysis
Iceland:Frozen Value
A rather unglamorous frozen food and freezer chain, Iceland’s shares were 113 times oversubscribed when the company went public in 1984.
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Features
Reassessing longtail exposures
A recent court decision will cause some companies to reassess their liabilities where past operations have exposed their employees and others to asbestos.
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Analysis
The value of environmental performance
Does superior environmental performance indicate increased shareholder value? An emerging body of evidence suggests it may, according to a report from the Assabet Group.
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Features
Deadly cost of driving
Ten people are killed and 1,000 more are injured on Britain’s roads every day.
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Features
Don't jeopardise your brand
Every organisation with an identity has a brand that it must manage and protect in order to survive and prosper.
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Features
In the witness box
Litigation is booming. Companies are sued, and directors and employees frequently have to attend court hearings.
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Features
The blame game
The Blame Game is alive and flourishing in the UK, as employees follow the US trend and become increasingly litigious.
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Features
Don't knock lightly
The cost of media campaigns is enormous, and having to abort one is a disaster.
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AIRMIC Portfolio
Halon replacement on course
Most British companies are on course with phasing halon in fire extinguishers, according to an AIRMIC survey.
